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I. KLING.

GAR COUPLING. No. 285,758. Patented Sept. 25, 1883.

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ISAAC KLING, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,758, datedApplicationvfiled June 18, 1883.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISAAC KLING, of Louisville, in the county ofJefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Car-Couplings; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon,w hich form part of this specification, in which-- Figure1 is a section taken longitudinally and vertically through the ends oftwo freightcars, showing my improved couplings applied, one of thecoupling-pins of which is indicated up and the other down. Fig. 2 is aperspective yiew of my improvedlink with holder. Fig. '3 is alongitudinal section through the same.

through a tubular guide,

This invention relates to railroad-car couplings wherein the well-knownspring-actuated draw-bars are employed in connection withvertically-movable coupling-pins and couplinglinks; and it consists,mainly, in an automatic coupling having a shouldered couplingpin, whichis applied to a T-headspring-actuated guide; also, in a coupling-linkwhich is provided with a block of metal, rubber, or wood end filling andperforated clampingplates, all of which will be fully understood fromthe following description, when taken in connection with the annexeddrawings.

A A designate sections through the ends of two freight-cars, and B B aretwo draw'bars or buffers, which are guided beneath the beds of the carsand acted on by springs O O, in the usual well-known manner.

D D designate coupling-pins, which are constructed with reduced lowerends, forming at a a annular shoulders, also with flanged heads, throughwhich are eyes, to which chains may be applied for lifting the pins.Each one of the coupling-pins D is guided by a sleeve, E, which is rigidon a rod, F, that passes freely G, and has a tensionspring, S, appliedon it. When the pins are down, the flanged heads rest on the top of thesleeves or holders.

H indicates a guide, which is rigidly secured to the rod F. Its angularend, entering a tubular guide in the transverse beam of the September25, 1883. (N0 model.)

car-body, prevents the couplingpin from vi brating laterally. Thiscoupling-pin is thus held vertically, so that a coupling will always beeffected when the cars come together. Holes e e are made through the topand bottom walls of the head of each draw-bar, adapted to receive thecoupling-pin, and this pin is arranged in such relation to the saidholes that when it is fully drawn up the tension-spring S will retractit and allow its shoulder a to rest upon the upper wall of the head ofthe drawbar. It is obvious that when two cars come together and thedraw-bars are compressed the coupling-pin which is up will be dropped byreason of its shoulder being released from its resting-place on theupper wall of the draw head.

I construct my improved link as follows: I designates the well-knowncoupling-link; J, a block which is applied in one end of the link andfitted tightly therein, leaving a long space between it and the oppositeend of the link to allow free play. This block J is constructed withshoulders j j, and also with a bevel, k. L L designate twoclampingplates, which are applied, one, L, on top, and the'other, L, onthe bottom of the link, and rigidly confined thereto by means of a bolt,N, which also confines the metal, rubber, or wood block in place, theends of the plates L L abutting against the shoulders j j. Holes m aremade through the plates L L beyond the outer end of the block, whichafford passages for the coupling-pin. My object in thus constructing alink is that it shall hold itself in proper position for coup- 8 5 lingwithout the necessity of using the hand for this purpose and endangeringlife and limb.

It will be seen that the holder or clasp is 011 one end only of thelink, which end is put in the draw-bar pbefore'the cars are coupled to-.gether. The link will thus be held by the coupling pin and block inposition for entering the draw-bar of another car. I have thus made aself car-coupling by simply blocking one end of a link.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination of theshouldered coupling-pin with a spring-actuated guide and a key-pin forpreventing oscillation of the said pin, all constructed and adapted tooperate substantially in the manner and for the pnr poses described.

2. The combination of the perforated springactuated draw-bar, thevertically-movable annularly-shouldered coupling-pin, the endwisemovablespring-actuated guide for said pin, the bearing, and the key-pintherefor, all constructed and adapted to operate substantially in themanner and for the purposes described.

3. A coupling-link having applied to one end a filling-block andclamping-plates, the latter being perforated to receive the couplingpin,all constructed and adapted to operate substantially in the manner andfor the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC KLING. XVitnesses:

MAoE LIEBER, \V. P. LINCOLN.

